Self-Managed vs Managed Kubernetes: What Running Your Own Control Plane Actually Looks Like
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Most Kubernetes comparisons are written by people who have only used managed services. This one is written by someone who has a ThinkPad named set-hog sitting on a desk running the API server right now.
Here is what self-managing a Kubernetes control plane actually looks like — compared line by line against EKS, GKE, and AKS.